PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION W: DISCIPLINARY
W.9. The Board shall exercise its summary jurisdiction by giving notice in Form 34 to
the Club or person allegedly in breach.
W.10. Within 14 days of the date of a notice in Form 34 the Club or person to whom it is
addressed may either:
W.10.1. submit to the Board’s jurisdiction and pay the fine imposed; or
W.10.2. elect to be dealt with by a Commission.
W.11. Failure to comply with the requirement contained in a notice in Form 34 shall
constitute a breach of these Rules.
Provision of Information Old Rule
W.12. It shall be no answer to a request from the Board to disclose documents or
information pursuant to Rule W.1 that such documents or information requested
are confidential. All Clubs and Persons subject to these Rules must ensure that
any other obligations of confidentiality assumed are made expressly subject to
the League’s right of inquiry under these Rules. No Club or Person shall be under
an obligation to disclose any documents rendered confidential by either the order
of a court of competent jurisdiction or by statute or statutory instrument.
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W.13. All persons who are requested to assist pursuant to Rule W.1 shall provide full,
complete and prompt assistance to the Board in its exercise of its power of Inquiry
The Panel Old Rule
W.14. Subject in each case to the approval of Clubs in General Meeting, the Board shall
establish a panel of such number of persons as it shall think fit (“the Panel”) each
of whom shall be eligible to sit as either:
W.14.1. a member of an appeal tribunal appointed under the provisions of Rule
E.38 or Rule F.16; or
W.14.2. a member of a Commission; or
W.14.3. in the case of an arbitration under Rules P.18 and Section Y of these Rules,
as a member of a Managers’ Arbitration Tribunal; or
W.14.4. in the case of an arbitration under Section X of these Rules (Arbitration),
as a member of an arbitral tribunal.
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W.15. The Panel shall include:
W.15.1. authorised insolvency practitioners eligible under Rule E.38 to sit as a
member of an appeal tribunal appointed thereunder; and
W.15.2. legally qualified persons eligible:
W.15.2.1. under Rule E.38 or Rule F.16 to sit as chairmen of appeal tribunals
appointed thereunder; or
W.15.2.2. under Rule Y.7 to sit as chairmen of Managers’ Arbitration
Tribunals; or
W.15.2.3. under Rule W.21 to sit as chairmen of Commissions; or
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PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION W